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. 2019 Jun 17;34(8):1154–1163. doi: 10.1002/mds.27738

Table 2.

Adverse events

AE, n (%) Healthy volunteers Participants with PD
Placebo, n = 14 BIIB054 Placebo, n = 6 BIIB054
All, n = 34 1 mg/kg, n = 3 5 mg/kg, n = 7 15 mg/kg, n = 6 45 mg/kg, n = 6 90 mg/kg, n = 6 135 mg/kg, n = 6 All, n = 12 15 mg/kg, n = 6 45 mg/kg, n = 6
Any AE 7 (50) 19 (56) 1 (33) 4 (57) 2 (33) 2 (33) 5 (83) 5 (83) 6 (100) 9 (75) 5 (83) 4 (67)
AEs in ≥10% in placebo or all BIIB054
Headache 4 (29) 8 (24) 1 (33) 2 (29) 0 1 (17) 3 (50) 1 (17) 2 (33) 4 (33) 2 (33) 2 (33)
Dizziness 2 (14) 5 (15) 1 (33) 1 (14) 0 1 (17) 1 (17) 1 (17) 0 0 0 0
Procedural pain 1 (7) 4 (12) 0 1 (14) 0 1 (17) 1 (17) 1 (17) 0 0 0 0
Back pain 1 (7) 2 (6) 0 0 0 0 1 (17) 0 0 2 (17) 1 (17) 1 (17)
Post–LP syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (17) 1 (17) 1 (17)
Upper respiratory tract infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (17) 1 (17) 1 (17)
CTCAE grade
2 1 (7)a 5 (15)b 1 (33)b 0 1 (17) 0 3 (50)b 0 2 (33)c 4 (33)d 2 (33)d 2 (33)d
3 0 1 (3)e 0 0 0 0 0 1 (17)e 1 (17)f 0 0 0
AEs related to study treatment 2 (14) 4 (12)g 0 0 1 (17) 0 1 (17) 2 (33)g 1 (17)f 1 (8) 0 1 (17)
Serious AEs 0 1 (3)e 0 0 0 0 0 1 (17)e 1 (17)f 0 0 0

AE, adverse event; CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; LP, lumbar puncture; PD, Parkinson's disease.

a

Foot fracture and pain.

b

One healthy volunteer who received BIIB054 1 mg/kg and 2 who received BIIB054 90 mg/kg experienced grade 2 headaches; 1 healthy volunteer who received BIIB054 15 mg/kg experienced a grade 2 episode of ventricular tachycardia while sleeping; and 1 healthy volunteer who received BIIB054 90 mg/kg experienced grade 2 dyspepsia.

c

One participant experienced a grade 2 headache, and 1 participant experienced a grade 2 ear infection.

d

One participant who received BIIB054 15 mg/kg had a grade 2 post–LP syndrome, and 1 participant who received BIIB054 15 mg/kg experienced a grade 2 headache and grade 2 constipation; 1 participant who received 45 mg/kg BIIB054 experienced a grade 2 bone contusion; and 1 participant who received BIIB054 45 mg/kg experienced 2 grade 2 headaches and grade 2 back pain.

e

Asymptomatic cerebrovascular accident considered related to study treatment.

f

Asthma exacerbation considered unrelated to study treatment.

g

One healthy volunteer who received BIIB054 135 mg/kg experienced a hypersensitivity reaction considered related to the study drug and discontinued study drug after administration of 163 mL (32%) of the 508‐mL infusion.